Karen Dalton

Karen J. Cariker, *19-07-1937 Enid, OK, +19-03-1993

By Praguefrank, Michel Ruppli

SESSIONS

1962 [live] The Attic, Boulder, CO – Karen Dalton/*Fred Neil (Karen Dalton [vcl/12 str gt]. Producer: Stephane Bismuth)
00001 IT'S ALRIGHT Megaphone CDMEGA 15
00002 EVERYTIME I THINK OF FREEDOM Megaphone CDMEGA 15
00003 COTTON EYED JOE Megaphone CDMEGA 15
00004 PASTURES OF PLENTY Megaphone CDMEGA 15
00005 ONE MAY MORNING Megaphone CDMEGA 15
00006 RED ARE THE FLOWERS Megaphone CDMEGA 15
00007 BLUES ON THE CEILING* Megaphone CDMEGA 15
00008 RUN TELL THAT MAJOR Megaphone CDMEGA 15
00009 DOWN AND OUT Megaphone CDMEGA 15
00010 FANNIN' STREET Megaphone CDMEGA 15
00011 IN THE EVENING Megaphone CDMEGA 15
00012 OLD HANNAH Megaphone CDMEGA 15
00013 PALLETT ON YOUR FLOOR Megaphone CDMEGA 15
00014 PRETTIEST TRAIN Megaphone CDMEGA 15
00015 MOLE IN THE GROUND Megaphone CDMEGA 15
00016 DARLIN' COREY Megaphone CDMEGA 15
00017 IT HURTS ME TOO Megaphone CDMEGA 15
00018 KATIE CRUEL Megaphone CDMEGA 15
00019 BLACKJACK Megaphone CDMEGA 15
00020 NO MORE TATERS Megaphone CDMEGA 15
00021 GOOD MORNING BLUES Megaphone CDMEGA 15
Ca 1962-1963 [home recordings]  Karen Dalton’s home, Pine Street, Bouder, CO – Karen Dalton [vcl/banjo/gt], Richard Tucker [gt-1], Joe Loop [drums-1], Ecelyn Cariker [speech-1]
00022 GREEN ROCKY ROAD Megaphone CDMEGA 18
00023 WHOOPEE TI YI YO Megaphone CDMEGA 18
00024 RIBBON BOW Megaphone CDMEGA 18
00025 KATIE CRUEL Megaphone CDMEGA 18
00026 LITTLE MARGRET Megaphone CDMEGA 18
00027 RED ROCKIN' CHAIR Megaphone CDMEGA 18
00028 NOTTINGHAM TOWN Megaphone CDMEGA 18
00029 SKILLET GOOD AND GREASY Megaphone CDMEGA 18
00030 IN THE EVENING -1 Megaphone CDMEGA 18
January 1963 [live] The Attic, Boulder, CO – Karen Dalton
00031 TROUBLE IN MIND DE 031
00032  IF YOU'RE A VIPER DE 031
00033 WHEN FIRST UNTO THIS COUNTRY DE 031
00034 SHILOH TOWN DE 031  
00035 SHUCKIN' SUGAR BLUES DE 031
00036 EVERY TIME I THINK OF FREEDOM DE 031
00037 BLUES JUMPED THE RABBIT DE 031
00038 LONESOME VALLEY DE 031
00039 WHEN I GET HOME DE 031
00040  IN THE PINES DE 031
00041 KATIE CRUEL DE 031
Ca 1963 [live] The. U.M.C. Ballroom, Boulder, CO – Karem Dalton
00042 RIBBON BOW  DE 031
1966 [home recordings] unknown - Karen Dalton (Karen Dalton [vcl/12 str gt/ banjo], Richard Tucker [vcl-2/gt-1])
00043 REASON TO BELIEVE Delmore DE 023
00044 KATIE CRUEL Delmore DE 023
00045 COTTON EYED JOE Delmore DE 023
00046 GREEN ROCKY ROAD Delmore DE 023
00047 DON'T MAKE PROMISES -1-2 Delmore DE 023
00048 OTHER SIDE TO THIS LIFE -1-2 Delmore DE 023
00049 GOD BLESS THE CHILD Delmore DE 023
00050 LESS BIT OF RAIN -1 Delmore DE 023
00051 WHILE YOU'RE ON YOUR WAY Delmore DE 023
00052 TRAIN Delmore DE 023
00053 MISERY BLUES Delmore DE 023
00054 MOLE IN THE GROUND -1-2 Delmore DE 023
00055 SHILOH TOWN -1-2 Delmore DE 023
00056 HALLELUJAH Delmore DE 023
17 April 1969 [no 16242] The Record Plant Studio A, New York City - Karen Dalton (Karen Dalton [vcl/12 str gt/ banjo], Kim King [el gt], Dan Hankin [ac gt], Harvey Brooks [el bass], Gary Chester [percussion]. Producer: Nikolas Venet)
001 25473 I LOVE YOU MORE THAN WORDS CAN SAY Capitol ST 271
002 25474 IN THE EVENING (IT'S SO HARD TO TELL WHO'S GOING TO LOVE YOU THE BEST)  ST 271
003 25475 IT HURTS ME TOO  ST 271
004 25476 SWEET SUBSTITUTE  ST 271
8 May 1969 [no 16254] The Record Plant Studio A, New York City - Karen Dalton (Karen Dalton [vcl/12 str gt/ banjo], Kim King [el gt], Dan Hankin [ac gt], Harvey Brooks [el bass], Gary Chester [percussion]. Producer: Nikolas Venet)
005 25515 LITTLE BIT OF RAIN ST 271
006 25516 RIBBON ROW ST 271
9 May 1969 [no 16255] The Record Plant Studio A, New York City - Karen Dalton (Karen Dalton [vcl/12 str gt/ banjo], Kim King [el gt], Dan Hankin [ac gt], Harvey Brooks [el bass], Gary Chester [percussion]. Producer: Nikolas Venet)
007 25517 RIGHT,WRONG OR READY ST 271
008 25518 BLUES ON THE CEILING ST 271
12 May 1969 [no 16256] The Record Plant Studio A, New York City – Karen Dalton (Karen Dalton [vcl/12 str gt/ banjo], Kim King [el gt], Dan Hankin [ac gt], Harvey Brooks [el bass], Gary Chester [percussion]. Producer: Nikolas Venet)
009 25519 HOW DID THE FEELING FEEL TO YOU ST 271
010 25520 DOWN ON THE STREET (DON'T YOU FOLLOW ME DOWN) ST 271
17 June 1969 [no 16303]  New York City – Karen Dalton
011 27121 ME AND MY DAUGHTER unissued
Early 1971 Bearsville Studios, New York City / Mercury Sound Studios, New York City – Karen Dalton (Karen Dalton [vcl/12 str gt/ banjo], Amos Garrett [gt], Dan Hankin [gt], John Hall [gt], Bill Kieth [steel], Harvey Brooks [bass], Dennis Whitted/ Dennis Siewell/ Gregg Thomas [drums],  Bobby Notkoff [violin],  Ken Pearson [organ], John Simon/ Richard Bell [piano], Robert Fritz [clarinet], Hart McNee [sax], Marcus Doubleday [trumpet]. Producer: Harvey Brooks)
012 SOMETHING ON YOUR MIND Paramount PAS 6008 [alt.:] LITAC 200
013 WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN Paramount PAS 6008
014 IN MY OWN DREAM Paramount PAS 6008 [alt.:] LITAC 200
015 KATIE CRUEL Paramount PAS 6008  [alt.:] LITAC 200
016 HOW SWEET IT IS (TO BE LOVED BY YOU) Paramount PAS 6008
017 IN A STATION Paramount PAS 6008
018 TAKE ME Paramount PAS 6008
019 SAME OLD MAN Paramount PAS 6008
020 ONE NIGHT OF LOVE Paramount PAS 6008
021 ARE YOU LEAVING FOR THE COUNTRY Paramount PAS 6008
21 April 1971 [live-The Beat Club] Bremen, GER – Karen Dalton
02101 ONE NIGHT OF LOVE LITAC 200  
02102 TAKE ME LITAC 200
1 May 1971 [live-The Montreaux Golden Rose Pop Festival] Montreaux, SUI – Karen Dalton
02103 SOMETHING ON YOUR MIND  LITAC 200
02104 BLUES ON THE CEILING  LITAC 200
02105 ARE YOU LEAVING FOR THE COUNTRY LITAC 200  
02106 ONE NIGHT OF LOVE LITAC 200

ALBUMS

Capitol  ST-271 It's So Hard to Tell Who's Going to Love You the Best: Little Bit Of Rain; Sweet Substitute; Ribbon Bow; I Love You More Than Words Can Say; In The Evening (It's So Hard To Tell Who's Going To Love You The Best); Blues On The Ceiling; It Hurts Me Too; How Did The Feeling Feel To You; Right, Wrong Or Ready; Down On The Street  (Don’t You Follow Me Down)- 69 (reissued on Koch KOC-CD-7918 in 1997 and in 2009 on Light In The Attic LITA 045 [vinyl])

Paramount PAS 6008 In My Own Time: Something On Your Mind; When A Man Loves A Woman; In My Own Dream; Katie Cruel; How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You); In A Station; Take Me; Same Old Man; One Night Of Love; Are You Leaving For The Country – 05-71 (reissued in 2006 on Light In The Attic LITA 022; on Apr. 15, 2022 on LITAC 200 as 50th Anniversary Edition with bonus tracks: Something On Your Mind (alternative take);  In My Own Dream (Alternate Take); Katie Cruel (Alternate Take); One Night of Love - Live at Beat Club, Germany, April 21, 1971; Take Me - Live at Beat Club, Germany, April 21, 1971; Something on Your Mind - Live at the Montreux Golden Rose Pop Festival, May 1, 1971; Blues on the Ceiling - Live at the Montreux Golden Rose Pop Festival, May 1, 1971; Are You Leaving for the Country - Live at the Montreux Golden Rose Pop Festival, May 1, 1971; One Night of Love - Live at the Montreux Golden Rose Pop Festival, May 1, 1971)

Megaphone Music [FRA] CDMEGA 15 Cotton Eyed Joe: It's Alright; Everytime I Think Of Freedom; Cotton Eyed Joe; Pastures Of Plenty; One May Morning; Red Are The Flowers; Blues On The Ceiling  (Fred Neil); Run Tell That Major; Down And Out; Fannin' Street; In The Evening; Old Hannah; Pallett On Your Floor; Prettiest Train; Mole In The Ground; Darlin' Corey; It Hurts Me Too; Katie Cruel; Blackjack; No More Taters; Good Morning Blues; [DVD:]  Live Footage Of Karen Dalton Circa 1969-70 – 23-10-07 (2CD + DVD, recorded live in 1962)

Megaphone Music [FRA] CDMEGA 18 Green Rocky Road: Green Rocky Road; Whoopee Ti Yi Yo; Ribbon Bow; Katie Cruel; Little Margret; Red Rockin' Chair; Nottingham Town; Skillet Good and Greasy; In The Evening - 08 (Recorded at home circa 1962-63)

Delmore Recordings DE 023 1966: Reason To Believe; Katie Cruel; Cotton Eyed Joe; Green Rocky Road; Don't Make Promises; Other Side To This Life; God Bless The Child; Less Bit Of Rain; While You're On Your Way; Train; Misery Blues; Mole In The Ground; Shiloh Town; Hallelujah - 12 (also vinyl)

Delmore Recording Society DE 031 Shuckin‘ Sugar: Trouble in Mind;  If You're a Viper; When First Unto This Country; Shiloh Town;  Shuckin' Sugar Blues;  Every Time I Think of Freedom;  Ribbon Bow; Blues Jumped the Rabbit; Lonesome Valley; When I Get Home;  In the Pines;  Katie Cruel – 23-04-22 (LP); 06-05-22 (CD)

SINGLES

Paramount [FRA]

2C 006-92.563 Something On Your Mind / One Night Of Love - 71

Light In The Attic

LITA 45-025 Light In The Attic 10 Year Anniversary: [Mark Lanegan:]  Same Old Man / [Karen Dalton:]  Same Old Man – 11-12

LITA 45-057 Angel Olsen Plays Karen Dalton: [Amgel Olsen:] Something On Your Mind / [Karen Dalton:] Something On Your Mind - 22